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MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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MinnieM123 said:
O.k. So adding to 2020 suckdom at banks--

Went to my bank this morning to make a cash deposit inside. Doors were locked. A bunch of people were standing around outside the doors, and no one knew why the doors were locked (we could see the tellers inside as usual).

I decided to call the bank (yup, 5 feet outside their doors . . . :rolleyes: ) and ask them if they were going to open. The woman tells me, "We've been open for 45 minutes." I explained no one could get in with their doors locked, and THEN she says, "You'll need to go around to the other side of the bank, and use the drive-through. We put up a sign that the lobby was closed." I said, "WHAT sign? No one has seen any sign!!" So--

We all get in our cars (except for the one couple who were car-less, and had to stand waiting, in the drive- through queue). Line took forever. So, once I reached the outside teller window, I asked again, where was the sign? She says, "Oh, it's right here on the window." I explained that it would have been HELPFUL if they put ANOTHER sign on the OTHER SIDE OF THE BUILDING AT THE MAIN ENTRANCE, where most customers go! :banghead:
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Speechless. What a lack of consideration. There is no way they didn’t see the line of people outside if you could see the tellers inside.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Goofyernmost said:
I don’t usually post things on my phone but I thought I’d try this. I’m hoping for two pictures to show up when is my itty-bitty little tree. nd the presents there in or I should say there under. View attachment 516963View attachment 516962
The Santa clause ornament that my parents said they gave me when I was one making that 71 years old.
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What a great memento that Santa is. I also love your wrapping paper. Dh had just gone to Walmart to look for wrapping paper and said he found nothing he liked. Where did you get yours?
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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donaldtoo said:
There’s a Chick-fil-A about halfway between the office and home just off the main freeway. Prime location, and always very busy. Back in 2015, the owner needed to shut the place down for 5 months for remodeling and expansion. He paid all 50 of his employees their full wages for the entire shutdown. Just AWESOME...!!!!!!! :joyfull:
DWifey asked me to stop there on the way home from the office to pick up some din-din for tonight. I thought “Oh great, that place is gonna’ be packed!!!”...and, it was...!!!!! :eek:
The line for the drive-thru was almost out to the access road, and I just knew I was gonna’ be there for quite a while.
Nope, I was in and out in about 10 mins....!!! :)
The line splits into 3 ordering areas under cover. Each order taker has an iPad/tablet and a laminated menu (although, I’m sure most already know what they want), and the one that took my order was very pleasant.
Tonight was the first time I’d been through that locations drive-thru, but, boy howdy, what a slick operation...!!! :)
From any CfA location, we’ve always had consistently delicious food, and they’ve never gotten an order wrong.

A pic of the drive-thru, and my din-din...!!!!! :hungry:


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Article about this CfA location below...

www.google.com

A Chick-fil-A owner shocked his employees in the best way after shutting down for renovations

A lesson in treating employees well.
www.google.com www.google.com
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Pur CFA is always packed and the wait is never long. By us they also do curbside. You place the order on the app. When you get there they have marked parking spaces. You just go into the app and let them know you are there and what space you are in. They then bring you the order to your car. It is pretty cool. I prefer that to the drive thru, although from experience the drive thru is fast. Also, CFA employees are the most pleasant people. It is a well run company. While I don’t eat their food, some members of my family love it.
 
MySmallWorldof4

MySmallWorldof4

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Tony the Tigger said:
Trying to type fast before laptop battery dies...

Re: movie theater b-day:

First, Gary canceled, said he didn't feel well.

Then, Tiffany canceled, said she had a migraine.

:jawdrop:

OK, this could just be the two of us. Or...

Texted cousin Sharon. Sharon is a sweetheart, she looks like a Precious Moments doll, and she usually throws a big Christmas Eve thingy (but isn't going to this year.)

Went to Publix to get a sugar free cheesecake, a card, other stuff. Sharon texts back while I'm about to check out. It's about 4:15. The movie starts at 6PM.

I called her from the car. She is totally on board with husband Mike. She was supposed to decorate the tree with her (adult) kids tonight, but completely changed her plans at the last minute for Brian, and was already at another Publix parking lot asking me what kind of cake to get because we had to go over their house after the movie. (I told her I already got the cheesecake, and she told me where she parked her car at the other Publix, left the doors unlocked, and I drove over there while she shopped, left the cheesecake on the floor of her car, and locked the doors and went home LOL!)

Laptop battery died. Back up - continuing:

The movie experience was great. Just the four of us, no worries, no disturbances, no potential COVID carrying strangers. Some burgers, brussels sprouts, popcorn, cocktails. You could talk, you could use your phone (though we really didn't except at the very beginning for the novelty of it.) Everyone liked this idea.

Afterwards, we did go back to their house, the kids were there. She had a birthday balloon, a "Happy birthday" sign, and Brian's card - all on her not-yet-decorated Christmas tree LOL. Some more drinks, sang happy birthday, talked about Dad and family stuff, and went home. I think the family component was really good for him. I asked how he was doing on the way to the theater, and he said he was fine but also very emotional and could cry at the drop of a hat. So, while going ourselves would have been fine, he got more love this way.
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Sounds like it was a great birthday night. I am sure it was a real tough night for B. I remember when my mom passed more than 20 years ago now, my birthday was rough. I didn’t want to celebrate it. When people went to wish me a happy birthday I just wanted to cry because the person responsible for me being on the planet was no longer on it. Time of course does make the pain less, not painless. It will probably be a rough Christmas for B, but he has you, and you obviously are a great comfort to him. An observation completely irrelevant. Brian is either a giant, or those are really short ceilings and his cousin is super tiny. How tall is she?
 
93boomer

93boomer

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donaldtoo said:
There’s a Chick-fil-A about halfway between the office and home just off the main freeway. Prime location, and always very busy. Back in 2015, the owner needed to shut the place down for 5 months for remodeling and expansion. He paid all 50 of his employees their full wages for the entire shutdown. Just AWESOME...!!!!!!! :joyfull:
DWifey asked me to stop there on the way home from the office to pick up some din-din for tonight. I thought “Oh great, that place is gonna’ be packed!!!”...and, it was...!!!!! :eek:
The line for the drive-thru was almost out to the access road, and I just knew I was gonna’ be there for quite a while.
Nope, I was in and out in about 10 mins....!!! :)
The line splits into 3 ordering areas under cover. Each order taker has an iPad/tablet and a laminated menu (although, I’m sure most already know what they want), and the one that took my order was very pleasant.
Tonight was the first time I’d been through that locations drive-thru, but, boy howdy, what a slick operation...!!! :)
From any CfA location, we’ve always had consistently delicious food, and they’ve never gotten an order wrong.

A pic of the drive-thru, and my din-din...!!!!! :hungry:


View attachment 516993View attachment 516994

Article about this CfA location below...

www.google.com

A Chick-fil-A owner shocked his employees in the best way after shutting down for renovations

A lesson in treating employees well.
www.google.com www.google.com
Click to expand...
CfA is always lined up here too. Ours is about 3 mts down the road. They are the most organized takeout place ever. You get in and out quickly. We have only two lines. They have super-nice employees too!
 
93boomer

93boomer

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MinnieM123 said:
And not only that, they're getting slicker with the display sometimes -- they've shown 2 towns in my vicinity this past week, and that could throw off someone who might think it was from a local business, colleague, friend, etc.

As others, I just do not answer ANY call that I cannot immediately identify. I let the machine record any stupid message. Usually, most don't even leave a message.
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If a number comes up that is not in my contact list, I let it go to voicemail. Usually when no message is left, I know it was a telemarketer.
 

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